ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul has seen its second “mob theft” at a convenience store since last fall.

Police say about 30 to 40 young people ran into a Holiday gas station on St. Paul’s west side Saturday night. The throng snatched juice bottles, candy and chips, and then took off without paying.

Minutes later, two men were shot less than a mile away. Police spokesman Andy Skoogman tells the Star Tribune it’s unclear if the two incidents are related.

Skoogman says the shooting victims — an 18-year-old man and a 21-year-old man — suffered non-life-threatening injuries and have been released from a hospital.

A clerk was assaulted in a “mob theft” in St. Paul last fall. No one was hurt in the latest case.